It is with regret we will not be taking part in EE Gigs and Live, we have been advised by "our people" that the current Terms and Conditions are too restrictive and not compatible with our business model.

EE, have now responded and will be changing these as of 1st March see here

(profile update 19th November 2015) - Added Date for 23,500,000. Also note, my new Top Contributor 2014 was added to profile, as there was an EE cock-up with Expert of the Year 2014! So a new "special" Award was Invented, as I'm very special!

Awesome. I will try this. This was my last shot. I did not know where else to turn to. Wow!!!! I can now sleep at night. I am so grateful for your time. I will report back as soon as I am done. Thanks.
- davidkaneperez

I have been working on this for close to a 1.5 weeks. I am so amazed that someone would take time to help me on this project. I am again so grateful to have found help on this site. Thanks a bunch.
- - davidkaneperez

Every year, the IT Pro team are very lucky that we get to partner with a wider virtual IT Pro Team that regularly contribute to our activities. These individuals can be found not working for Microsoft but in our partner community, our MVPs and even our customers. These ladies and gentlemen take time out of their busy schedules to contribute through blog articles, providing insight and joining us on the road. As a team we wanted to recognise their contributions in the form of the IT Pro New Year’s Honours List.

Early in December we met to discuss nominations, and established a long-list of individuals who have been valuable partners this year. After much deliberation, this list was trimmed to the top 25 individuals you see below. Read on to find out a little more about the Top 10 Honourees, and the 15 superstars who recieve a well-deserved honourable mention. Of course, there are many others that didn't make the list this year, but we remain truely thankful for their contributions.

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Cant say enough good things about this expert. With my inexperience in the P2V process, he was there every step of the way and to our end users, come Monday morning, they had no idea that anything had changed. A total result as far as I am concerned and I have no hesitation in recommending this expert and EE as the place to go for technology learning and solutions

The Experts Exchange Most Valuable Expert (MVE) Award recognizes Experts for outstanding community contributions. While an MVE might have a stack of points and certifications, they’re more likely to be acknowledged by fellow experts who see their work and from grateful users who have been helped out of a jam.

MVEs are very much the heroes of Experts Exchange who quietly achieve greatness. They strive to solve people’s technology problems, improve others appreciation of technology and make a real difference in the overall experience for those seeking help. They do so with a professionalism and commitment that makes them stand out in the community.

"The man. The crown jewel of EE. An immovable pillar of patience. These are just a few of the names that Experts Exchange community members have bestowed upon Andrew Hancock (known on the site as hanccocka). While Andrew joined .....

You've done it: you've earned enough points to become one of the founding members of our Five-Million Point Club. You're among an elite group of experts who will have a membership to Experts Exchange for life.

Thank you for your generous contributions! Here's to many more productive, exciting years solving technology problems together."

I think there our initially 85 of us!

I've been awarded VMware vEXPERT status as of 15 April 2012 by VMware. Thanks to the many EE members that nominated me.

(The HIRE ME! Button has now gone in EEv10, so please contact through LinkedIn, Company Website or email address below.)

email from LinkedIn.....

"Hi Andrew,

My initial aim was to just send you a quick note, and no its not for help. We have never met, talked or helped each other. I have seen many of your answers/help especially on ee. Hopefully as a peer I just wanted to say well done, you are inspiration to many.

been reading your articles and how-to's and its more informative than what Ive been getting from sourcespring (education division from VMware). And in fact this is a horrible work experience were going thru but the learning experience is the best I could have asked for. Kinda of boot camp...

This article, along with your prolific advice and input into the site is so helpful to IT professionals, whether just starting out or established but needing a helping hand on a new problem, and I look forward to reading new articles and posts from you - the fact that you so freely share your expertise is greatly appreciated!

I was awarded VMware vEXPERT status as of 1 July 2011 by VMware. Thanks to the many EE members that nominated me.

I have 17+ years of experience working as a Technical Architect and VMware Consultant in the Virtualization industry. I've been working with all VMware products since ’98, virtualization vendors to offer server, desktop, storage virtualization. I also have a broad range of skills from Windows, Linux, Unix, Operating System, Active Directory and Messaging Solutions.

I work with a group of knowledge based consultants at Cyrus Computer Consultants Ltd, we have consultants available in Virtualisation, Storage, Networking, Servers. Cyrus can offer implementations using Microsoft Solutions, VMware Solutions and Citrix Solutions. We don't just implement the products we are also administrators and use the products in our offices on a day-to-day basis. Cyrus is fortunate in it has all the IT skills required to deliver projects using in-house consultants and engineers, Cyrus has all the IT disciplines to complete your solution, and to ensure your solution is delivered on-time.

Established over 15 years. IT Consultants, 2X, Cisco, Citrix, Emulex, HP, Qlogic, NetApp, Microsoft, Veeam, Vizioncore and VMware Partners based on the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom.

We help companies and organisations across Europe and the United Kingdom achieve their business objectives by developing effective technical solutions. These solutions can include server consolidation, server based computing, application and storage virtulisation, website design and development, CMS-driven solutions, ecommerce sites, extranets, intranets, web applications, digital marketing, hosting and ongoing support.

support <at> cyrus <dash> consultants <dot> co <dot> uk

Follow me on twitter @einsteinagogo

Skill / Accomplishments
Member of the Microsoft Technet Community Council
Experts Exchange Expert of the Year 2013
Experts Exchange Expert of the Year 2012
VMware vEXPERT 2014
VMware vEXPERT 2013
VMware vEXPERT 2012
VMware vEXPERT 2011
Experts Exchange Expert of the Year 2011

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Superb!!!! The explanation is awesome. Thanks a lot for the right solution. VMware-viclient-all-5.0.0-913577.exe is working fine on Windows 8. I am able to work on ESXi 5.0 console as well.

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hanccocka worked with me all day on this and we were able to get Windows to see the SCSI card and Tape Drive. It was stressful for a minute but we got over it and were successful getting things going again. Thanks for your hard work. Certainly couldn't have done it without his help!

been reading your articles and how-to's and its more informative than what Ive been getting from sourcespring (education division from VMware). And in fact this is a horrible work experience were going thru but the learning experience is the best I could have asked for. Kinda of boot camp...

Now that I merged the correct files
I booted the vm to measure the success of image recovery = 100%
Line by line combed thru config file noting files set to false or not mentioned
Then moved those files creating 25GB.
While logged into vm as local administrator ran converter

Now the vm is running in the vcenter with vmotion and redundancy policies.

Dude when you finally get your pic of you wearing cape + mask I want my Xlarge pre-ordered. If this sounds like a small case of hero worship is it because I'm on 1 knee? Thank you again?

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thanks, you came thru again!!! I downloaded the gparted iso you talked about, but could not find a DVD to burn it on. I thought a bit then just want back into the HP system bios and deleted and rebuilt the RAID 5 array that would not load. IT IS WORKING NOW. I now have 600 GB worth of space to build my home network, so I am sure I will be back with more questions..bye for now

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I have not received the server i purchased yet, but i am confident that hanccocka has provided me with more than enough information to help me begin my project. hanccocka has been quick to answer and extremely helpful regarding this little dilemma i was having.

I could not have done this without hanccocka's help, i would recommend his assistance and service to anyone who seeks an accurate answer in a very respectable response time.

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First of all you're the man.
Second of all - it's amazing; via the GUI (web manage of the 5424) all is working!! Via the CLI, only bad stuff is going on (Yeah, yeah i know its my bad for being born to the Windows world..).

Anyhow friendo, problemo solved.

Last but not least hanccocka, people like you are THE reason we're renewing our subscription every month WITH A SMILE.

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Sound, sensible advice. Thank you hanccocka! In summary: vDR over a fast network connection using a CIF share to an array physically installed on my vCentre server with a tape drive and backup software installed will meet my requirements. The extra HBA card in the vCentre server is a complete "red herring"!